Such an initiative has the potential to encourage self-reflection, to build self-worth, and to stimulate the transfer of knowledge between generations and different members of the community.
I always encourage self-reflection.
The objectives sought to encourage self-reflection on communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal), develop skills of providing feedback to others and empathise with patients.
In hindsight, it may also have been useful to include a self-report measure of clinical reasoning, such as the Diagnostic Thinking Inventory [ 22], to encourage self-reflection and analysis, thereby increasing individuals' understanding of their own reasoning process in relation to that of diagnostic experts.
Examples include active listening, problem solving, encouraging self-reflection and coping, and providing emotional support.
Marathon Death is an effective method of encouraging self-reflection concerning the process of doctoring and the doctor-patient relationship in the process of death notification.
The authors concluded that this tool encouraged self-reflection, positive lifestyle habits and education in key aspects of health and well-being.
Within a context of peer assessment, the framework encourages self-reflection, and emphasises positive aspects of performance, rather than providing a method to avoid negative feedback.
The video data were not formally analysed, but were used in the style of "action research" to stimulate discussion during the interviews and encourage self reflection and verbalisation on the part of the participant dentist.
The purpose of writing the reflection journal is to encourage and record self-reflection about how learning took place and what was learned.
The reflective approach calls for mindfulness, empathy, and skillful dialogue on the part of the instructor and appears to encourage critical self-reflection in the student.
